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Our 2022 Pop Culture Predictions
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If there's one thing we can tell you about 2021, it's that we didn't see it coming. And we might not see 2022 coming either, but we're going to try — by making some pop culture predictions for next year. And on top of that, we'll look at last year's predictions and see how things turned out.
The audio was produced by Mike Katzif and edited by Jessica Reedy.